Anzac Cove landings - second try

These photos and AAR cover the second test run of the Anzac Cove landings scenario.

Second landings get underway

First wave prepares to move inland

First wave comes under fire

Second wave lands

Terrain is difficult going

3rd Brigade HQ on the beach

Steep terrain

Ottoman view of landings

3rd Brigade pushes to second ridge

Advancing towards mountain guns

Ottoman infantry hold up left

Route to Chunuk Bair open

3rd Brigade reaches Legge Valley

Mountain guns suppressed

IR27 arrives on table

3rd Brigade pauses

Mountain gun under sustained fire

12th Battalion secures northern flank

IR27 advances behind Third Ridge

2nd Brigade pushes towards Gaba Tepe

1st Brigade begins to land

IR27 heads towards Scrubby Knoll

IR57 arrives on table

View from the north

1st Brigade begins the ascent

Advancing across Russells Top

View from the south

IR57 pushes towards Chunuk Bair

1st Brigade draws level with 3rd Brigade

IR57 reaches the high ground

IR27 prepares to defend Scrubby Knoll

Southern flank is exposed

Another view of the southern flank

View along Legge Valley

Ottomans crest Chunuk Bair

IR57 bears down on 1st Brigade

NZ and Australian Division lands

2nd Brigade pushes south

1st Brigade pushed back to Battleship Hill

3rd Brigade finds IR27 flank

The threat from above

The threat from below

Ottoman artillery

IR57 tries to help out

Kiwis directed towards IR27

Mountain guns manhandled forward

New Zealand Brigade HQ helps the push

2nd Brigade clears south

Final positions


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